(08-02-2014, 08:59 PM)Roswyn Wrote: Bard is a bit of an interesting job because the main dividing line between it and normal archers is the songs. It's debatable if the bards of today will ever be the same as the bards of yore etc. Also, if I remember correctly, you PC would have to have a certain relationship with the moogles of the shroud who can be very very picky. They would need a reason to like your PC besides "they wanna be a bard."
Bard is one of the more lax ones I think. It's more strict with other jobs. From my understanding, certain jobs in game are just plain unaccessable to a PC (WHM/BLM) and others your PC would have to craft a whole story around to attain and it would likely take many many years to to accomplish assuming they don't die/get tempered in the process. (SMN/MNK)
As always, if anyone can shed more light on this I'm all ears.I really enjoy the lore behind the jobs and how they affect PC lore.
Actually WHM I can confirm, is accessible to the PC. And I will also supply proof.
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/game/#!/jobs/content
Quote:Although the art subsequently became forbidden, it is now in the midst of a revival at the hands of the Padjal, chosen of the elementals.
To me, that is saying Raya-O-Senna is reviving the art and teaching new white mages. In the story, we see her train the first new one. But it is quite possible after the training is done, that she and her brother began teaching more adventurers.
That quote is pretty open ended, and if only the Padjal could be white mages, then they would be a playable race, otherwise, we would not of even heard of white mages otherwise.
I'm of the opinion that all jobs can be RPable. As long as the player has a story that meets certain restrictions which are:
1) Apply to the lore
2) Doesn't use the main story
Number 1 is a "Of course!" and number 2 is basically if everyone used the main story as their character, then no one would have a unique character.
My own character, found her crystal in the sunken temple, from the sixth era, and because the crystal bound to her, she underwent the training from a padjal so as not to abuse the power like white mages of the past.
And even then, her white mage training was still heavily limited, and she focuses solely on the elements themselves. In fact, she rarely uses white magic at all, except in the most dire of needs, because she has a clear understanding of what effect it has on her surroundings.
As for black mage, I do not RP that job or even the class. I use fire, ice and lightning, as elements she's learned to control through conjury training. So it is definitely plausible to RP the jobs, as long as your character's story fits with the established lore. You could either learn the jobs through current time training methods, or gain them through archeology basically.
